Gramps

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i know there are aftermarket elements and kits you can buy for any bucket seat, but i was wondering if anybody has done it on thier cars. if so, mayb post a pic and some ideas on how you did it, im considering it for my 4th gen leather seats.

Gramps

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Stealthy-One

I did i to my 3000gt I had. Boutght them off Ebay for around $80.00. had the butt piece and the back piece. wasnt hard to do, but I guess taking off the seatcover was a bit of a pain as well as replaceing it. but all in all it wa a worthwhile investment. Im thinking about doing it for my maro as well. We are starting to have cold weather here...

Gramps

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how much draw do those things have? do i need a relay or can i just run a direct switch?

Legal Disaster

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There is a company on ebay from rockville md that sells it in a complete kit, wiring and all. It's like 75 bucks per seat. Oh and Stealthy one what do you mean were Starting to get cold weather here? It's been cold the past 2 months

Stevo

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It was like 60 degrees 3 weeks ago...hell its been in the upper 40s most the time its just NOW getting cold...coldest night yet here all season.

Stealthy-One

exactly Stevo. last week I was working on my car in a tee-shirt! Of course tonight with the wind chill it is about neg-5.... but this still aint got diddley squat on Korea during the cold season....

As to the seats, mine came with little realays, but I replaced them with s quality relay that I knew woud work. had to many issues where a cheap relay failed.

I would NEVER add a circut with out it being behind a relay. Heck I added a seperate fuse box for my stereo, amps, WigWags, red and blue grill strobes and what-not. The block has a relay that energizes it. that might be overkill, but Id rather be safe than have my car burn down. Plus if I let someone else drive my car I can just kill the switch and all my doodads are switched off.

84CamaroSS

I dont even want to here it its been like -20 to -45 with wind chill up her in Wyoming. But back to the thread. In my trim class my instructor showed us so heating and cooling kits. Just installed them in my friends blazer. He loves them. The run like $100 a seat.

Gramps

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wait wait wait...COOLING sets? how does that work? that'd be a DAM good idea for leather seats in the summer. does it work with the heating element?

compuwiz1937

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I don't give a crap about seat warmers, but I would LOVE seat coolers. Where did your friend get those?

rmmstnr

yeah, give. I've never heard of cooling seats, they sound like they'd be a sweet touch for any ride. and for both heating and cooling for just $30-20 over plain heating seats, the price is right

Stealthy-One

the cooling seats ive seen really arent cooling like ac... the seat cover is perforated with a BUNCH of real small holes and the cooling system was a small fan that drew the warm moist air off the seat and pulled it down and vented it out through channels in the seat cusion. not saying t is is the only kind, but it is the only one I have experianced. And trust me it was a darn good experiance.

Kandied91z

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my recaros have heat and a/c. a/c works just like described it's a simple fan with various vent tubes and the seat is perforated. it isn't noticeable to the eye. adds a good 25lbs to the seat though with the weight of everything.

the heat kits are a good investment, just becareful with your seats as you can mess your seats up. try disassembling a junk seat if you have that option otherwise just dedicate yourself and take your time. it isn't that hard but it takes patience.

Gramps

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awesome. im gonna get the heated aftermarket seat heaters for my 4th gen leathers, i dunno if im gonna buy a whole seat yet tho or if im gonna buy a complete assembled set. if i do ill have an apholster do it, itll take me about 4 hours for just 2 seats, itll take him about 2 hours to do front and rear seats.
thanks for the info guys